Nahum 3:1

New International Version

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!

Cross References

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Isaiah 17:14

In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

Isaiah 24:9

No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.

Isaiah 42:24

Who handed Jacob over to become loot, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned? For they would not follow his ways; they did not obey his law.

Hosea 4:2

There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Nahum 2:12

The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.

Nahum 2:13

“I am against you,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

Habakkuk 2:12

“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice!